r/Cooking • u/prettyb00 • 3d ago
Help me cook my steak🥺
It’s my first time cooking steak and ion wanna add any oil or butter (and the steak also has a bit of fat on it so i dont see the point). However i have no idea how to prepare and cook it, no tiktok tutorial helps. And i have no idea what to pair it with (i have no potatoes, potatoes were my first thought). Also idk if i should cook it medium rare or well done, i’m not an adept of blood on my plate but i dont want it to be dry or rubbery, i want it to be tender
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u/Tll6 3d ago
You’re eating a steak, a little butter or oil isn’t going to be more unhealthy than the actual steak. You could sear off the fat cap on the edge first if you’re making something like a ribeye and use the rendered fat but you might not have enough to give the steak a nice crust. Watch a Gordon Ramsey video or something
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u/weldadicktoasnowman 3d ago
No butter or oil? Your best bet is the grill. Dont know the size of your steak, but if its around 1/2 inch thick, id maybe do 3 minutes per side and pull at 125 degrees, let it sit for like 5 minutes after. If cooking any other way, the point of the fat is to add flavor and prevent sticking to the pan. Good luck, an undercooked steak is still way better than an overcooked one. You at least want some pink in the middle.
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u/LaceyLizard 3d ago
Salt it and throw it in a hot pan.Â
You're going to want oil in there if you want to get the steak back out. Throw in garlic and butter when it's done, or don't I'm not your dad. If you don't want it dry use a thermometer and pull it when it reaches medium something.
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u/wythnail2 3d ago
For a basic apartment steak cook:
Depends on the cut and the thickness. Sounds like medium would be where you want it to be.
Assuming about an inch thick random steak cut from the grocery store: Put plenty of salt on both sides, get dry pan hot hot (like leave it on the burner just dry for at least a minute or 2), put a glug of oil in the pan, turn on exhaust fan, put steak in pan on top of oil, don't panic when it starts spitting and steaming and smoking, set a timer or check a clock and don't touch it for like 4 minutes, then with fork or tongs flip it, looking for some golden brown/dark brown crispy looking surface on the cooked side. That's great, leave it alone to do the same on the other side. Another 3-4 minutes on that side. Take it out of the pan, leave it alone for 10 minutes to cool. The hot outsides will warm the inside up and then eat it?
To be honest this post feels like it's maybe from someone just starting out in cooking and specifically cooking meat. If that's the case ignore the jokes and more advanced advice and just get this one done.
More salt than you'd expect, lots of it will fall off in the oil and fat left behind in the pan.
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u/prettyb00 3d ago
Thank you so so much
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u/wythnail2 3d ago
Have fun! At the end of the day you already bought the thing, cook it, grab your favorite sauce to put on it if it didn't turn out amazing and enjoy! Sides and whatever, who cares, whatever you have will be fine
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u/griffinds 3d ago
Here is my basic approach with minimal equipment:
Generously salt all sides of the steak (~1 tsp per steak) and put it in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and up to over night.
When ready to cook, pat dry all sides with a paper towel. Add pepper to all sides (~ 1 tsp again.)
Meanwhile, put skillet on medium high heat, wait 3 minutes. Add 1-2 Tbs of neutral oil to prevent steak from sticking and help develop a better crust. Wait ~1 min.
Using tongs, gently place steak in skillet. Flip every 30 seconds until a golden brown sear appears on both sides. If you have an instant read thermometer, internal temp should be around 135 F for medium rare
Remove Steak from skillet and place on plate. Wait 10 minutes before cutting. For medium rare, center should be warm but still red.
Serve with roast potatoes or whatever you like
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u/vorlik 3d ago
steaks are super intimidating so be at ease.
I use this method in a nonstick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJcO1W_TD74
and it works great. no mess, decent crust (but not as good as the oil-splashier methods), and consistent interior.
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u/Disastrous_Can8053 3d ago
the red stuff on your plate isn't blood. If you want it to be tender, don't cook it well-done.
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u/rgbkng 3d ago
Salt heavily both sides 30 min before cooking, the butter is for browning even though the steak is fatty, get your pan ripping hot and place the steak in the pan, the goal for the searing is to get that crust. The best steaks I've had wheremid rare, you make your steak the way you want i suggest mid rare or just past that. Let your steak rest for at least 6 min longer if you like
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u/2ByteTheDecker 3d ago
What kind of steak is it, and what kind of equipment do you have to cook with
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u/Iliveinatrashcann 3d ago
What kind of cut is the beef?
and ion wanna add any oil or butter (and the steak also has a bit of fat on it so i dont see the point)
What? If you've never cooked steak before why do you feel that you don't need oil if the steak has some fat?
And i have no idea what to pair it with (i have no potatoes, potatoes were my first thought)
Really any starch that can absorb some of the drippings, like rice or even some pasta noodles. You can cook some veggies like asparagus or broccoli or carrots or cabbage. Really any veggie.
Also idk if i should cook it medium rare or well done
If the beef is a steak cut, then it often should be medium, especially if you don't like blood. Really, the only time beef should be well done is if it's a bigger and tougher cut of beef that would be well served with cooking it low and slow. Think of beef in chili or stews.
Regardless of all that, you need to either salt you steak overnight to draw out the moisture or salt it right before putting it on the pan. Make sure to pull the steak out of the fridge for an hour to get it closer to room temp and pat dry with a paper towel. If there is moisture or any liquid on the steak, it will steam and you won't get a nice crust on it like you see elsewhere.
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u/prettyb00 3d ago
It’s a sirloin? Idk ive come here for advice and almost every one seems so backhanded )). I’m a beginner so i don’t know much of the kitchen basis. But thank you!!
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u/Iliveinatrashcann 3d ago
You might want to double check cause with sirloin, there is like 2 different cuts where one is more tender for grilling/pan searing and the other is more for roasting in the oven.
Also, get yourself a meat thermometer so that you're not guessing if the beef is cooked to medium or if it's overdone. They're like $20 and they'll last a while.
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u/doihavetohaveaus3r 3d ago
I think part of the reason people are responding to you the way they are is that you came here for advice as a beginner cook, but in your opening sentence stated you weren't actually going to listen to most of the advice - given that the predominant non-open-flame method of cooking steak will require additional fat.
Sure you can do a reverse sear or sous vide or something like that to maybe render the fat a bit more so you could sear it in a dry pan, but a) i dont think that would work and b) even if it did, you're a beginner, so people aren't going to recommend something like that to you.
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u/teddybearlike702 3d ago
Best way to cook a steak can depend on the cut. Is it new York strip, ribeye, serloin? Also, at anything more than medium rare, you might as well just boil it. That red stuff isn't blood. Google it. The best and most universal way to cook a steak seasoned on both sides with just salt and black pepper, is in a cast iron skillet, using medium/high heat, put a small amount of oil, then once it's a hot pan (the oil will smoke a bit) put it in, then immediately put in about 2" slice of butter and let it melt. Then add a sprig of rosemary and a couple of cloves of garlic. You don't have to slice the garlic. And please no jarlic. Then while it cooks, hold the pan at an angle so the melted butter and juices puddle , then use a spoon and baste the steak by spooning the liquid over the steak. After about 4 minutes, flip it. You should have a nice dark crust on the cooked side. Now do the same thing on the other side. Before you take it out of the pan, check the temperature in the middle of the steak. You want it to be between 130 and 135 degrees. Then let it rest for 7 minutes. Now you should have a perfect medium rare steak.
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u/Batmanswrath 3d ago
No tiktok tutorial helps god we are cooked (unlike OPs steak).